This report highlights the devastating impact of Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL) land grabs on the people of Papua New Guinea. It also shines a spotlight on the ongoing resistance, led by communities and War on Want’s partner, ACT NOW! and provides comprehensive recommendations calling for immediate action, not only by the PNG government but also various United Nations bodies and other national governments.

War on Want's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018

The UK Government has approved export licences for weapons to Israel used in militarised repression against Palestinians. This means that the UK is providing material support for Israel’s illegal use of force.

The vast expansion of mega-mining projects in Latin America is displacing indigenous communities, destroying local ecosystems, and costing lives and livelihoods. In our ground-breaking new report, War on Want exposes the devastating impact of British mining in Latin America, gathering 17 case studies from across the continent to produce a damning indictment of one of the world’s most powerful industries.

This document is a briefing for the media about the upcoming War on Want report, The Rivers Are Bleeding: British mining in Latin America.

In this special edition of Up Front we highlight how we are resisting far right extremism: a politics that is turning back the clock to the darkest moments in recent history, and creating fertile ground for rising inequality, climate crisis, racist scapegoating and attacks on our human rights. That’s why we helped co-found the Stop Trump Coalition, and brought together thousands of people from all walks of life.